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Universal acclaim- based on 88 Ratings
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Positive: 78 out of 88
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Mixed: 5 out of 88
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Negative: 5 out of 88
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TondeVriesNov 30, 2007Boring, wrong combination.
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Rev.RikardOct 30, 2007
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SpencerD.Nov 13, 2007Am I missing something here? Made me feel like driving over the cliff. Very depressing and on par with a visit to the dentist.
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RLBNov 3, 2007I'm a fairly big AK fan, and so-so fan of Robert Plant's solo efforts. I have to say that Plant drags Krauss down amongst the turkeys. She needs to return to Union Station, where she soars like an eagle.
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What seems to be an unlikely pairing in the duo of former -- and future apparently--Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss is actually one of the most effortless-sounding pairings in modern popular music.
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Perhaps only the fantasy duo of King Kong and Bambi could be a more bizarre pairing than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Yet on Raising Sand, their haunting and brilliant collaboration, the Led Zeppelin screamer and Nashville's most hypnotic song whisperer seem made for each other
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Robert Plant's pilgrimages to the Deep South led him to Nashville for Raising Sand, an imaginative, seductive collaboration with bluegrass goddess Alison Krauss that explores the desolate valleys between his Delta blues and her Appalachian folk.